19 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 19 March 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Earth Summit II 11,554 words
    2. Middle East Security 12,261 words
    3. East Ayrshire Community Hospital 4,230 words
    4. Education (Vale of Glamorgan) 4,173 words
    5. MRSA 4,033 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. IMPERIAL COLLEGE BILL 34 words
    2. PRIVATE BILLS (SUSPENSION) 1,289 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      1. Privatised Utilities 1,331 words
      2. Ceramics Industry 388 words
      3. Petroleum Coke 490 words
      4. Manufactured Exports 1,349 words
      5. Aircraft (Launch Aid) 226 words
      6. Sanctions (Libya) 298 words
      7. Investment 533 words
      8. Design Industry 407 words
      9. Inward Investment 708 words
      10. Science Base 491 words
      11. Inward Investment 1,070 words
      12. Information Technology 674 words
      13. Regional Support 570 words
      14. Privatised Utilities 430 words
  5. Points of Order 1,789 words
  6. BILL PRESENTED
    1. ABOLITION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MONOPOLIES IN RURAL AREAS 64 words
    2. Age Discrimination 1,162 words
    3. AGE DISCRIMINATION 41 words
    4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 290 words
    5. Orders of the Day
      1. Police Bill [Lords] 97 words
        1. Clause 2
          1. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE NCIS SERVICE AUTHORITY AND NCIS 1,845 words
        2. Clause 23
          1. AID BY AND FOR NCIS 57 words
        3. Clause 95
          1. AUTHORISATIONS: FORM AND DURATION ETC. 14 words
        4. Clause 97
          1. AUTHORISATIONS REQUIRING APPROVAL 5,868 words
        5. Clause 104
          1. APPEALS BY AUTHORISING OFFICERS 37 words
        6. Clause 106
          1. APPEALS BY COMPLAINANTS 45 words
        7. Clause 108
          1. INTERPRETATION OF PART III 1,110 words
        8. Clause 112
          1. CRIMINAL CONVICTION CERTIFICATES 4,637 words, 1 division
          2. Clause 125
            1. REGULATIONS 6,286 words, 1 division
          3. Clause 129
            1. CHANGE OF NAME OR DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN POLICE AREAS 8,523 words, 1 division
          4. Schedule 6
            1. APPLICATION TO NCS SERVICE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENACTMENTS 32 words
          5. Schedule 10
            1. REPEALS 31 words
          6. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S PENSIONS BILL 27 words
          7. ROYAL ASSENT 110 words
          8. PROTECTION FROM HARASSMENT BILL 11 words
          9. Business of the House 3,505 words
          10. Northern Ireland Business 17,574 words
          11. Crime (Sentences) Bill 72 words
          12. New clause 6,552 words
          13. ESTIMATES, 1997–98 89 words
          14. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL 132 words
          15. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 48 words
          16. CRIME (SENTENCES) BILL 151 words
          17. Education Bill 82 words
          18. Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations) 8,408 words
          19. Prevention of Terrorism (Northern Ireland) 10,714 words
          20. Public Order (Northern Ireland) 9,499 words, 1 division
          21. MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO PARLIAMENT 252 words
          22. POLICE (INSURANCE OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTANTS) BILL [LORDS] 21 words
          23. DANGEROUS DOGS (AMENDMENT) BILL [LORDS] 21 words
          24. Christian Millennium Projects 3,847 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 March 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Metropolitan Police 310 words
    2. Asylum 123 words
    3. Public Bodies 661 words
    4. Firearms 92 words
    5. Category A Prisoners 72 words
    6. Immigration Forms 143 words
    7. John Kinsella 76 words
    8. Scientific Procedures (Dogs) 66 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Kenya 103 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Energy Efficiency 297 words
    2. Flood Alleviation 74 words
    3. Public Bodies 348 words
    4. Commission for the New Towns 141 words
    5. Millennium Park (Grimsby) 73 words
    6. Housing 149 words
    7. European Structural Funds 224 words
    8. Housing Corporation 94 words
    9. Building Research Establishment 31 words
    10. Air Quality 127 words
    11. Nirex Reports 173 words
    12. Business Rates 173 words
    13. Harbour Porpoises 68 words
    14. Land Reclamation 59 words
    15. Pollution Inspectorate (Report) 33 words
    16. Go-Karts 86 words
    17. Building Regulations 108 words
    18. Sewer Baiting 157 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Prime Minister's Question Time 60 words
    2. Scottish Grand Committee 46 words
  5. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Ms Marie Younie 154 words
    2. Free School Meals 47 words
    3. Departmental Legislation 327 words
    4. Skills Mismatch 92 words
    5. Employment Service 543 words
    6. Remploy 395 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Lockerbie 132 words
    2. Government Communications Headquarters 84 words
    3. Teachers (Early Retirement) 481 words
    4. Family Reunion Applications 552 words
    5. Public Bodies 97 words
    6. Entry Clearance Fees (Bangladesh) 111 words
    7. Somali Nationals 84 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Thomas Hamilton 73 words
    2. Organophosphates 114 words
    3. Parliamentary Questions 79 words
    4. Parliamentary Delegations 105 words
  8. TRANSPORT
    1. Worcester Transport Package 92 words
    2. Croydon Tramlink 42 words
    3. Driving Test Centre, Aylesbury 74 words
    4. Jubilee Line Extension 62 words
    5. Road Traffic Accidents (Hemsworth) 157 words
    6. Public Bodies 419 words
    7. M40 369 words
    8. Vehicle Excise Discs 212 words
  9. TREASURY
    1. Departmental Contracts 99 words
    2. Coal Mining 463 words
    3. Duplicate NHS Numbers 208 words
    4. Labour Statistics 732 words
    5. Basic Pension Plus 458 words
    6. UK Overseas Investments 210 words
    7. Office for National Statistics 51 words
  10. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Public Authorities (Restitution) 109 words
    2. Public Bodies 350 words
    3. Office for the Supervision of Solicitors 279 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Food Hygiene 216 words
    2. Cattle Feed 246 words
    3. Public Bodies 512 words
    4. Animal Protection 158 words
    5. Flood Alleviation 468 words
  12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Science Base 64 words
    2. Investment 217 words
    3. Trade Deficit 246 words
    4. Trade Balance (Electrical Products) 59 words
    5. Exports (European Union) 80 words
    6. Synex Ltd 156 words
    7. Inward Investment 164 words
    8. Semi-conductor Industry 127 words
    9. Human Genetics Advisory Commission 202 words
    10. Export Trade 80 words
    11. UK Trade 78 words
    12. Social Chapter 97 words
    13. Privatisation 79 words
    14. Computers (Millennium) 125 words
    15. Coal Mine Closure Programme 69 words
    16. Small Companies (Audit Exemptions) 281 words
    17. Public Encryption Services 242 words
    18. Telecommunications 75 words
    19. Channel 5 273 words
    20. Overseas Investment 262 words
    21. Customer Charters 1,055 words
    22. Structural and Cohesion Fund Receipts 196 words
  13. HEALTH
    1. Mental Health 286 words
    2. Lung Cancer 41 words
    3. Hospital Buildings 110 words
    4. GPs (Malpractice or Incompetence) 75 words
    5. Psychiatric Readmissions 110 words
    6. Carcinogens 240 words
    7. Health Service Administration 419 words
    8. Committee on Safety of Medicines 73 words
    9. Alcoholic Soft Drinks 297 words
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists (Wakefield) 49 words
    11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner 30 words
    12. Electricity Transmission Lines (Health Implications) 183 words
    13. Public Bodies 333 words
    14. Silicone Implants 145 words
    15. Drug Misuse 81 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Irish Medium Courses 355 words
    2. Examination Results 724 words
    3. Latin and Ancient Greek 136 words
    4. Petrol and Diesel 45 words
    5. Retail Outlets 63 words
    6. Department of Education 77 words
    7. Martin McGartland 169 words
    8. Statutory Rules 153 words
    9. Licensing Law 73 words
    10. Ulster Museum 66 words
    11. Water Fluoridation 250 words
    12. Ulster Savings 159 words
    13. Works of Art (Export Licences) 58 words
    14. Holdings Centre 95 words
  15. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Consultants 48 words
    2. Sports Medicine (Lottery Awards) 525 words
    3. Public Bodies 703 words
    4. London Marathon 153 words
    5. Academy of Sport 350 words
    6. Bletchley Park 131 words
    7. Inheritance Tax (Items in Lieu) 673 words
    8. Exercise 91 words
    9. National Lottery 644 words
    10. Customer Charters 144 words
    11. Football Clubs 131 words
    12. Parliamentary Answers 133 words
    13. Departmental Legislation 75 words
    14. S4C 454 words
    15. Sport (Broadcasting) 85 words
    16. Private Finance Initiative 356 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. BSE 192 words
    2. Sex Offenders 76 words
    3. Organic Farming 78 words
    4. Vocational Qualifications 93 words
    5. Assisted Places Scheme 143 words
    6. Regeneration Programmes 140 words
    7. Banner Committee 116 words
    8. Animal Geno-mapping 66 words
    9. Animal Experiments 194 words
    10. Fishermen's Organisations 173 words
    11. Fishermen's Association Ltd. 41 words
    12. Meat Hygiene 90 words
    13. Salmon Strategy Task Force 69 words
    14. Museums and Galleries 176 words
    15. Forestry Sales (Wales) 247 words
    16. Forestry Authority Schemes 175 words
    17. Health Budget 71 words
    18. Nursery Vouchers 63 words
    19. Crime 129 words
  17. WALES
    1. Assisted Businesses (Political Objectives) 103 words
    2. Local Government Finance 83 words
    3. National Museum and Gallery of Wales 71 words
    4. Public Bodies 455 words
    5. Forest Enterprise (Sales) 129 words
    6. Glaucoma 36 words
    7. Departmental Cash Limits 88 words
    8. Housing 96 words
  18. DEFENCE
    1. Army Training Land 202 words
    2. Army Sales Teams 46 words
    3. Loan Service Personnel 40 words
    4. Gulf War (Organophosphate Pesticides) 116 words
    5. Departmental Responsibilities 314 words
    6. Scott Inquiry 83 words
    7. Defence Contracts 132 words
    8. Army Apprentices College 84 words
    9. Public Bodies 320 words
    10. Low Flying 107 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Family Credit 361 words
    2. Benefit Recipients 671 words
    3. Public Bodies 360 words
    4. Invalid Care Allowance 133 words
    5. Tax and National Insurance (Lower Earnings Limits) 211 words
    6. National Insurance 125 words
    7. Personal Pensions 68 words
    8. Housing Benefit 102 words
    9. Jobseeker's Allowance 54 words
    10. Long-term Unemployment 212 words
    11. Basic Pension Plus 194 words
    12. Departmental Select Committee Report 232 words
    13. Pensions and Benefits (Earnings Link) 175 words
    14. Disability Payments 215 words
    15. Sickness and Social Security 154 words

Lords Sitting of 19 March 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Pensions: Downrating during Hospitalisation 685 words
  3. Inward Investment and Employment Statistics